Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

As part of a tour conducted for members of the media among scaffolding that is closed to the general public, 13 ON YOUR SIDE got a close-up look at the restoration.

Gold leaf stars on the top of the Michigan Capitol dome can be seen during a media tour of the dome’s interior restoration project in Lansing on Friday, April 5, 2024. The rotunda is expected to ...

Making common pine look like high-class walnut, for example, is a seven-layer, weekslong process from base coat to curing. “There’s like anatomy to the woodgrain,” Cairo said.

ATLANTA — If it looks like the Gold Dome on top of the state capitol is extra shiny these days, that’s because it is. For the first time in 25 years, workers and artisans replaced the gold ...

The Statue of Freedom, standing atop the U.S. Capitol like a national wedding-cake topper, wouldn’t exist without the artistry of an enslaved man named Philip Reed.

Channel 2′s Richard Elliot, who has covered tons of events at the capital in his career, got special permission through the governor’s office to go up into the dome this week to show the ...

The Colorado Capitol, which was completed in 1901, was also designed to look like the US Capitol, but with a Colorado twist: The dome is covered in real gold leaf donated by gold miners to ...